Listen, dimwits: blaming cyclists doesn’t help

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The idea is to stop people being killed or injured. We’re talking about compassion here

What is it with people who prefer cars to bikes, and why are they so angry?
Don’t worry, this isn’t a column about Jeremy Clarkson. I understand why
he’s angry. It’s because he’s not allowed to joke about having people taken
out and shot any more, even when he does genuinely think this is what should
happen to them and thus isn’t joking at all, and also because he’s reached
the age of 51 without anybody telling him about bootcut jeans. But what
about everybody else?

What about, for example, Sir Simon Jenkins? A former editor of this newspaper,
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